A Review of the Middle Childhood Home Inventory.

Autor/in	Grossman, Barry G.
Titel	A Review of the Middle Childhood Home Inventory.
Quelle	(1995), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Rezension; At Risk Persons; Blacks; Child Caregivers; Children; Early Childhood Education; Economically Disadvantaged; Evaluation Methods; Family Environment; Measurement Techniques; Parents; Questionnaires; Social Support Groups; Socioeconomic Status; Test Construction; Test Content; Test Reviews; Test Selection; Test Use; Test Validity; Whites + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Black person; Schwarzer; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Kind; Kinder; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Familienmilieu; Messtechnik; Eltern; Fragebogen; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Testaufbau; Testaufgabe; Testauswahl; Testanwendung; Testvalidität; White; Weißer
Abstract	The Middle Childhood HOME (MC-HOME) Inventory is designed to measure the quality and quantity of stimulation and support available to a child in the home environment. It is an interview/questionnaire that is individually administered to the primary caregiver while the target child is awake and present. The instrument is intended to be a sensitive environmental index that can reflect meaningful variation within lower socioeconomic status groups. The MC-HOME inventory consists of 59 items and 7 subscales. The inventory is easy to administer and score, despite some limitations in its manual. Norms are based on a sample of 124 black and white children and their families from Little Rock (Arkansas). Despite limitations, the instrument appears to be a valuable way to measure the environment. Its heightened sensitivity in the lower ranges of ability makes it suitable for at-risk environments. The instrument lacks the true psychometric qualities that classical test construction methods would normally provide, but remains a useful tool for evaluation of the environment. (Contains 7 references.) (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC